break cover

VERB

emerge

Synonyms

WEAK

break covert come out come out in the open

Example Sentences

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After we saw this prototype 500Hz gaming monitor break cover in early 2022, I didn’t think that laptop manufacturers would be quick to bring a laptop that fast to market.

From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2022

He says the tanks had driven back to the road when Dudarenko decided to break cover.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2022

But a midranking officer ignored part of the order and allowed members of the unit to break cover behind a barricade.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2022

But will any break cover over the weekend, particularly if there are any new revelations?

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2022

But I felt sure that as soon as we came near enough, and after sneaking cautiously along for some distance, the one we sought would suddenly break cover and bound off away across the veldt.

From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville